Chapter 68: That’s Easy, Just Rent Another Office Space

As Chen Mo spoke, every employee in the studio felt as if they were in a dream.

During the team-building event, they had learned that the benefits at the Garment factory were good, but they hadn't expected them to be this good.

If the previous change in working hours had liberated their physical and mental freedom, then the current changes to the benefits completely took care of their basic necessities—food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

Not to mention anything else, just that five-hundred-yuan shopping card every month completely covered their household expenses for daily necessities; it was no different from getting a five-hundred-yuan raise in their salary.

Beside him, Fang Chang also wore an expression of disbelief as he listened to Chen Mo's account.

He didn't know much about the policies at the Garment factory, nor had he ever bothered to look into them.

Having heard it all now, he suddenly realized that Boss Chen was truly too good to his employees; if these plans were actually fully implemented, the amount Boss Chen would pay out and lose would be a huge sum.

Wei Yan, meanwhile, stood by with a calm expression; he had long been accustomed to Boss Chen's actions.

A while ago, he had secretly done some calculations, and the money Boss Chen was currently spending was completely disproportionate to the income of the two companies.

He didn't understand why Boss Chen was doing this, but he had a premonition that Boss Chen was definitely playing a long game.

Everything being done at the moment was just laying the groundwork; after all, how could someone as visionary as Boss Chen do something useless?

And all he needed to do was improve himself as much as possible so he wouldn't drag Boss Chen down in this game.

Chen Mo didn't pay too much attention to the expressions of the employees around him.

"These are the benefits for now; they will be adjusted in the future."

"What remains are the company activities. Company team-building events will be held irregularly, and everyone will be notified when they happen."

"Next, I want to announce the company's upcoming activity: a sports meet. It will likely be held in about a month."

"Everyone can use this time to exercise. There will be many events at the sports meet, including running, high jump, long jump, jump rope, table tennis, badminton… and a series of other sports."

"At that time, the top finishers in each event will receive corresponding prizes."

"The prizes will include mobile phones, computers, tablets, refrigerators, air conditioners, and so on."

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he left the studio amidst the astonished gazes of the employees.

Back in the office, Fang Chang thoughtfully brought over a glass of water.

Chen Mo took the glass; having said so much, his throat was indeed a little dry.

"Everyone sit down. We've finished talking about matters concerning the employees, but there are other things I need to discuss with you two."

Chen Mo held the glass, sat down on his chair, and gestured for the two of them to take a seat.

"Boss Chen, what instructions do you have? Please speak."

After sitting down, Wei Yan asked.

Fang Chang also sat upright beside him, assuming a listening posture.

"It's nothing major."

Seeing their solemn expressions, Chen Mo smiled helplessly.

"I just want to improve our company's environment and equipment. First is the computers. As a game company, the computer specifications must be up to par."

"Therefore, the computers our employees are currently using all need to be replaced. Wei Yan knows more about this, so I won't say too much."

"Next is the air conditioning issue. I've noticed that the company is currently using the air conditioning provided by the office building. It's somewhat lacking in cooling capacity, and the employee studio is still a bit stuffy, so we need to install a few independent air conditioning units."

"The rest concerns the employees' daily life. The hard chairs in the break room are simply not suitable for employees to rest. We can put in some comfortable sofas, and then add a coffee machine, a snack cabinet, and a beverage cabinet."

"We should also place a snack cabinet and a beverage cabinet in the employee studio as well, so it's convenient for the employees to grab things."

"Then there's the issue of the company environment. We can buy some green plants and place them in every corner of the company to improve the air quality."

"Hmm, that's all for now. As for how specifically to do it, you two can arrange it yourselves. Contact the company's finance department for the funding."

Chen Mo pondered for a moment, confirming there were no omissions.

"Do you have anything else? If not, I'll be leaving."

"Boss Chen, I have a concern."

Fang Chang suddenly stood up, his expression hesitant.

"Speak."

Chen Mo looked at Fang Chang curiously.

"It's about the overtime issue. The company is currently developing a new project. If we don't work overtime, I'm afraid it will take a very long time to complete."

"Boss Chen, do you think it might be possible to work a little overtime appropriately?"

Fang Chang asked cautiously; he knew this suggestion might annoy Boss Chen, especially since Boss Chen had just announced a no-overtime policy.

But in game companies, overtime for programmers was basically the norm, and some didn't even get overtime pay.

He had worked at several game companies and had never seen one that didn't require overtime.

Hearing this, Chen Mo rubbed his head helplessly.

After a long while, he looked up at Fang Chang and said meaningfully,

"I understand your desire to complete the project as soon as possible, but there are many ways to speed up project completion. Why must you choose overtime?"

"If you feel that it's hard to complete this project without overtime, then why not hire more employees? That way, efficiency will also increase."

"But Boss Chen, this office space is only 150 square meters. If we hire new employees, there won't be extra space for workstations."

Fang Chang looked troubled.

"That's easy. Then just rent another office space. You two can figure out how big it needs to be."

"Nothing else, right? Then I'll be going."

Chen Mo said quickly, then stood up and walked out.

Internally, however, he began to calculate; office space was actually a good way to spend money.

As the company grew, he could easily rent a large office, or even rent out several floors.

Then he could find a renovation company to do the interior work, and the renovation costs would be another huge expense.

Hmm, he could add that to his future goals.

Chen Mo nodded secretly and walked out of Cangxue Games.

Fang Chang watched Boss Chen's retreating figure, speechless for a long time.

He hadn't expected Boss Chen to solve it by renting another office space—this was just burning money.

"Director Wei, what do you think about this?"

He turned to look at Wei Yan, feeling a bit indecisive.

"Just do as he says. Isn't there an eighty-square-meter office space upstairs that hasn't been rented out? We can just rent that; there will definitely be no problem adding twenty workstations."

Wei Yan thought for a moment and said slowly.

He had been with Boss Chen for some time, so he understood Boss Chen's personality to some extent; once Boss Chen made a decision, he wouldn't change it easily.

"Then let's rent it."

"That office space has been vacant for several months without being rented out. If we go over to negotiate, we should be able to press the price down."

Hearing Wei Yan's suggestion, Fang Chang was finally relieved.

"Let me handle this matter. I used to work in sales, so I'm quite experienced when it comes to bargaining."

Wei Yan proactively took this task upon himself.